Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Exempts from disclosure any studies, drafts, notes, recommendations, memoranda, and other records in which opinions are expressed, or policies or actions are formulated, except that a specific record or relevant portion of a record is not exempt if the record has remained in draft form for more than a 12-month period and public dollars were spent by a unit of local government to conduct such a study.
CURRENT STATUS5/22/2026 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Reduces the number of record requests that must be made for a person to be considered a recurrent requester under the Act. Provides that public bodies must respond to requests from recurrent requesters with 30 (rather than 21) days after receipt of a request. Specifies that notice that requests are being treated as recurrent requests must be provided only once every 30 days. Provides that it is a violation of the Act for persons designated as recurrent requesters to knowingly obtain a public record without disclosing their status as recurrent requesters.
CURRENT STATUS 5/22/2026 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Exempts from inspection and copying under the Act information submitted through any school helpline involving a toll-free phone number, social media, a website, or other means of communication, or a combination of a toll-free telephone number and another means of communication, that transmits voice, text, photographic, or other messages and information to school helpline operators.
House Floor Amendment No. 3 - Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Exempts from inspection and copying under the Act written communication and attachments that pertain to a current or former student and that were sent between an educational institution and the student or between an educational institution and the student's parent or guardian, except if the Illinois School Student Records Act or the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act applies.
House Floor Amendment No. 4 - Amends the Freedom of Information Act and the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Exempts from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act information and documentary materials obtained by the Office of the Attorney General or a State's Attorney under certain provisions of the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Adds a power of the Attorney General with respect to the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act to require written answers under oath to written interrogatories. Provides that certain materials are not available for examination, except by authorized employees of the Attorney General and authorized law enforcement, without the consent of the persons who produced the materials. Provides that the Attorney General may, in the Attorney General's discretion, use information and documentary materials obtained in the course of an investigation under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act for law enforcement purposes, including, but not limited to, interviewing or questioning potential witnesses and consultants, in a complaint or other pleading, and in court proceedings.
House Floor Amendment No. 6 - Further amends provisions of the Freedom of Information Act concerning exemptions. Relocates provisions exempting certain records created or compiled by a State public defender agency or commission subject to the State Public Defender Act.
House Floor Amendment No. 7 - Provides that an exemption to inspection and copying under the Freedom of Information Act for written communications and attachments pertaining to a student between an educational institution and the student or a parent or guardian does not limit the requester's ability to access the record (rather than does not apply when the requester is entitled to access the record) under the Illinois School Student Records Act or the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
CURRENT STATUS 7/2/2026 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Specifies that the Act is not intended to circumvent the process used by the courts to address whether arrest and booking records, mug shots, body-worn camera footage, in-car camera footage, 9-1-1 audio files, crime scene photographs, or other similar law enforcement records are to be made publicly available, except when those records may be relevant to a current or potential case or claim by the requester. Increases the cap on the fee that may be imposed for black and white copies from 15 cents per page to 25 cents per page. Makes changes to the fees public bodies may charge for time spent by personnel in searching for and retrieving a requested record or examining the record for necessary redactions. Exempts from disclosure under the Act specified law enforcement records, except when those records may be relevant to a current or potential case or claim by the requester.
CURRENT STATUS 2/2/2026 - Referred to Senate Assignments